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Subject: Meeting Notes: 08-03-2015 ATC/TechComm Meeting
==================================================== DITA Adoption/TechComm SC Meeting Meeting Notes 08-03-2015 12:00PM/EST ==================================================== Attendees: Jane, JoAnn, Keith, Bob, Joe, Don, Stan A. Action Items ==================================================== 1. Release management whitepaper > Keith - (if necessary) enter final updates and get updated sources to Bob > Bob - generate a final PDF using the OASIS DITA plugin > Bob and Keith - release the whitepaper 2. Release management DITA-OT plug-in > Stan - test the most recent plug-in that Tom Cihak uploaded > Stan - send an email to the ATC summarizing status 3. DITA 1.3 A-Z Whitepaper > Keith - enter final updates and get updated sources to Bob > Bob - generate a final PDF using the OASIS DITA plugin > Bob and Keith - release the whitepaper 4. Scoped keys whitepaper > ATC - Review by Friday, send comments to Leigh and to the ATC list > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/download.php/56130/ScopedKeysFeatureArticle.pdf 5. Short description whitepaper > ATC - Review by Friday, send comments to Leigh and to the ATC list > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-adoption/download.php/56218/shortdesc_article.pdf 6. dita.xml.org > Keith - review the remaining TBD sections of the dita.xml.org Knowledgebase. > Bob - run a site scraping tool against all the on dita.xml.org to build a repository of its contents. > Stan - dig out his slides on "top reasons" NOT to move to DITA and forward to the ATC list. ==================================================== B. Discussion Notes ==================================================== 1. Triage (review) the existing dita.xml.org content to determine whether articles there should be: a. Removed eventually b. Preserved c. Revised and re-integrated d. Replaced with something else TOC signups: - http://dita.xml.org/book/dita-wiki-knowledgebase - Reviewer Chapter Title ------------------------ -------------------------------- JoAnn Hackos Capabilities of DITA TBD Setting up DITA Stan Doherty Working with DITA - See email to ATC list TBD The DITA Open Toolkit TBD DITA Community Keith Schengili-Roberts The Business Case for DITA - See email to ATC list M. Priestly/A. Swope The DITA Maturity Model - Don has a DITA-sourced version Bob Thomas DITA Specializations Development - See email to ATC list TBD DITA Standards Development 2. Summary comments - dita.xml.org review > Much of the content there is sparsely written, outdated, or irrelevant to DITA 1.3 users. > ATC attendees converged on the opinion that proceeding from the current outline would not be wise. > ATC attendees propsed a bottom-up approach to reorganizing the site ... starting with audience analysis. 3. Audience analysis brainstorming - dita.xml.org review > Specify audience types in the actual articles > Revisit the audience profiles at the next meeting a. Newbies (froshpeople) - just being exposed to DITA, quite probably developing a business case or first prototypes for DITA 1) Newbie manager - wants information on previous business cases, wants logic behind a migration - Example - the Nokia buiness case 2) Newbie information architect - wants information about design decisions, gotchas, et al. 3) Newbie writer - wants information about how to get started with DITA 4) Newbie translation manager - wants information about best practices and pitfalls 5) Newbie tech support professional or implementor - wants information about tools configuration and basic customization issues (including specialization) b. First-year adopters (sophomores) - have been working in DITA for a year and want to profile ROI and to assess next-generation investment points. > Reuse strategies > Metadata investments > New domain vocabularies > Intrinsic XML benefits 4. DITA SWOT (Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) wiki a. "Why choose not to move to DITA?" > Capture the top ten reasons companies and departments ultimately decide NOT to > Correlate these reasons with the CIDM survey results on DITA productivity - https://www.infomanagementcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BP2014-12JHackos.pdf b. How NOT to get trapped early in your implementation. > Example - do topic typing from day-1 > Example - have story about interoperating with company wikis (Confluence, MindTouch)
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